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CITY BOLLOX
Manchester City ready to fly 'unfit' Robinho to Brazil training camp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... -camp.html

City are small fry say Chelsea
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/vie ... small-fry/

Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure on the mend for Manchester City but Mark Hughes set to lose Roque Santa Cruz for Burnley clash
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... l?ITO=1490

TRANSFER BOLLOX
Tottenham are keeping tabs on striker Ruud van Nistelrooy's situation at Real Madrid as the Dutchman is out of contract at the end of the season. The Sun

Liverpool are lining up a January move for Hamburg's Dutch midfielder Eljero Elia.Daily Mirror

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will resist the chance to join former Old Trafford winger Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid, pledging himself to the club for life, mind he also said that at Everton. Daily Mirror

Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan says he is powerless to stop £10m-rated winger Adam Johnson from leaving the club. The Sun

Blackpool and Plymouth are interested in Hull midfielder Peter Halmosi. (Daily Mail)

Sheffield United are preparing a bid for Oldham winger Chris Taylor. (Daily Mirror)

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OTHER GOSSIP
Chelsea look set to follow Newcastle's example and become the latest club to sell the naming rights for their stadium. The Sun

The Blues want £100m for the Stamford Bridge naming rights. Daily Mail

Or, the club could demand up to £150m to tie a sponsor into a 10-15-year deal. The Independent

Chelsea meanwhile will launch a £50m January spending spree if Fifa lifts its transfer ban on the Blues. Daily Express

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has flown to Spain to see a specialist, amid fresh concerns he requires a hernia operation. Daily Mirror

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has accused Atletico Madrid of 'tapping up' Arsenal's young midfielder Fran Merida. Daily Mirror

The 19-year-old Merida will be offered a new two-year contract by Arsenal to stay at the club. The Sun

Manchester United keeper Tomasz Kuszczak has claimed that fellow Old Trafford stopper Edwin van der Sar offers him no advice and believes the Dutchman does not like him.The Sun

Former Aston Villa manager John Gregory is in contention to become Brighton's new boss after former Reading chief Steve Coppell turned down the opportunity.The Sun

Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa could be out for a month after being told he needs knee surgery. Daily Mirror

England's top-flight clubs will discuss the proposal of a two-tier Premier League, involving Scottish sides Rangers and Celtic, at next Thursday's Premier League meeting. The Guardian

WAG OF THE DAY
http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/2 ... ea-montijo

AND FINALLY
Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina has described his side's Champions League form as a disgrace. Various

But former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso has backed his former manager Rafael Benitez to turn things around at the troubled club. Daily Telegraph

Whats the point of putting a spending ban on a club only to 'temporarily' lift it so they can go out and spend 50 mil in the transfer market? And what does centric mean? :/

A couple of other snippets here:

Robinho to Barca: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... l?ITO=1490

City to bid £35m for Villa: http://www.soccerglobe.net/2009/01/08/m ... vid-villa/

blootoof wrote:Whats the point of putting a spending ban on a club only to 'temporarily' lift it so they can go out and spend 50 mil in the transfer market? And what does centric mean? :/

located at or constituting the middle of something

Can anyone add a small bollck of their own in here without stepping on Chinners' big ones? Just had to post this and of course I would not want Chuckles #1 to disgrace this holy place even more with his own thread.

"Crowd trouble at Barnsley blown out of proportion" says Chuckles: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 09,00.html

Martinez wrote:Can anyone add a small bollck of their own in here without stepping on Chinners' big ones? Just had to post this and of course I would not want Chuckles #1 to disgrace this holy place even more with his own thread.

"Crowd trouble at Barnsley blown out of proportion" says Chuckles: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 09,00.html

Of course you can put your bollox on Chinners, he's a cheery chappy sure he wont mind. I have no bollox personally.

ruralblue wrote:

Martinez wrote:Can anyone add a small bollck of their own in here without stepping on Chinners' big ones? Just had to post this and of course I would not want Chuckles #1 to disgrace this holy place even more with his own thread.

"Crowd trouble at Barnsley blown out of proportion" says Chuckles: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 09,00.html

Of course you can put your bollox on Chinners, he's a cheery chappy sure he wont mind. I have no bollox personally.

My bollox are really small, It's cold as f**k in my office, perhaps he won't even notice

Oh the memories come flooding back !! Wagging school for that 1/4 final during the days of power cuts and 3 day weeks - I was in the Gene Kelly corner getting piss wet through I seem to remember and I think we walked all the way to Maine Rd from Cheetham Hill!
Happy days!

Nice, small but perfectly formed bollox there Martinez

Well she's not a stunner but there's something very horny about that WAG

just for the sake of argument...if Robson did go in January (which i still feel is unlikely, but...) would you be pleased with Villa coming in as a replacement? very different players for sure.

cheers

blootoof wrote:Whats the point of putting a spending ban on a club only to 'temporarily' lift it so they can go out and spend 50 mil in the transfer market? And what does centric mean? :/

Centric: pertaining to or situated at the center; central

e.g.

Eastenders is London East end centric

Coronation Street is Manchester centric

This forum is CITY centric

Martinez wrote:Can anyone add a small bollck of their own in here without stepping on Chinners' big ones? Just had to post this and of course I would not want Chuckles #1 to disgrace this holy place even more with his own thread.

"Crowd trouble at Barnsley blown out of proportion" says Chuckles: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 09,00.html

"The supposed crowd trouble at Barnsley was something out of nothing," he told The Sun.

"United fans got boisterous. They do. But anything that happens with us gets blown out of proportion."

United fans were said to have ran amok in the away end at half-time causing catering staff to lock themselves away in a store room, as supporters looted cash registers and stole food and drink.

Missiles were also thrown from the stand at stewards resulting in the Football Association confirming that they will look into the disturbances.

F**k knows what happens when they really kick off then.